You are altogether beautiful my love; there is no flaw in you
Song of Solomon 4:7

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Glitter Gradient Madness! + Update

Hey Everybody!
I'm back! I know that I haven't posted in a long time, but life has been crazy. I began college in August, so I have been really busy lately. It has really been an adjustment moving and becoming more independent, but I know that if I trust in God and work hard I will be able to succeed.
Now, on to the nails! I have been obsessed with glitter gradients lately. It is a really quick, easy way to get impressive looking nails. Here are some of my favorite gradients so far!

For this I started with Julie G polish in Gelato in Venice. I got this polish at Rite Aid, and I'm really impressed with the pigmentation. For the glitter I used OPI Glitter-ally the Best Silver Ever. I like the fact that this glitter is big enough to make a good fade but not so big that it only leaves a few pieces of glitter on the nail.

For this one I used OPI Barre my Soul as a base. This is a great sheer polish. I love it for french manicures. Again, I used Glitter-ally for the glitter. For this one I tried to get more of a french mani look that kind of fizzles at the top.

This one began with OPI Care To Danse? This is another very sheer polish. If you can't tell, I really like the whole glitter on sheer thing ☺. The glitter is a Francesca's polish in Confetti. This glitter is a little tough to work with, but once you figure it out you get a super cool effect.

So I hope y'all enjoyed this post, and I hope you give the glitter gradient a try. I will try really hard to get more posts up soon, but I can't make any guarantees just because of my work load. The lament of a music student! I appreciate all of you for sticking with me! I hope you have a marvelous Monday!
~ Mary Elizabeth